Historical information

The card relates to the Official Centenary Ball held in the Warrnambool Town Hall in March 1947 to celebrate the city's Centenary in 1947. Warrnambool was founded as a port settlement to service the farming interests in the area, with the first land sales held in Melbourne in July 1847. The leaflet is a programme of the Civic Memorial Service held in the Botanic Gardens in Warrnambool in February1952 on the occasion of the death of King George VI of England. Both items came from memorabilia held by the Bamford family of 8 Monash Avenue Warrnambool and it is presumed that one or more members of that family attended the events.

Significance

These items are of social significance as mementos of events in Warrnambool in the mid 20th century.

Physical description

.1 A white card with black printing and a logo
.2 A sheet of white paper folded to make four pages with black printing and a photograph of King George VI of England